It's hard to believe, but as author and Illustrator Dav Pilkey recently told students at Boy's Prep in the Bronx, he created Dog Man back when he was in second grade. "He looks a little bit ...

The most recent Dog Man book, Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea, was overall the #1 bestselling children’s book in the U.S. in 2023, across all children’s formats and ages.

But in addition to all the fun, Pilkey tries to layer meaning into the Dog Man books, even in their titles, from "The Scarlet Shedder" and "Fetch-22," to "Lord of the Fleas," and "A Tale of Two ...